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Old 07-24-2012, 12:02 PM   #306
GreenMonkey
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Originally Posted by MidnightBlue View Post
Why would something like this attract the average consumer? I have never had a problem with DRM, why would I want to go out of my way to avoid it? Why would most people who only had one brand of eReader and who weren't pirates?
My wife has a Kindle 3G (2nd gen with a keyboard) and an Android Tab (Asus Transformer prime). I'm on a Nook Simple touch and an Android tab. My kids are on a couple of Nooks with CM7 (so basically Android tablets).

Guess what I can't do, technically, encumbered by DRM?

On Android, reading would require a library of multiple Apps that works/runs differently and has different libraries (say, Kindle, Nook, Kobo) rather than using one app like Moon+ Reader.

I also couldn't loan a book bought from B&N to a friend (or my wife) that has a Kindle.

If you are willing to shop only from one store, and be locked into one brand of device, forever, then yeah, I'm sure you aren't going to have much of a problem. At least until your chosen company stops making reading devices or goes out of business or something.
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